The Great Migration Fleet of the Source Star didn't carry his wealth, it belonged to the Empire, and it wasn't much either—just some low-level warships, a few brains, and merely thousands of starship juveniles.

But this time is different, the "Last Wave" from the Tracer declared the complete failure of this colonization mission, and there's even a suspected Divine Level Spirit Demon Race appearing.

Even the Star Cluster Level army leader, Liu An, doesn't dare underestimate the potential threat of the Divine Level Spirit Demon Race.

Moreover, the Colonial Minister of the Empire and high-ranking officials from the Intelligence Bureau noticed this matter simultaneously and issued him a First Level alert.

He had to select elites at the fastest speed, form a fast attack fleet, and equip them with brand-new equipment sent from the Nanxiang Star Gate by the Intelligence Bureau, setting off immediately four light-years away to try to intercept and hunt this Divine Level Spirit Demon Race.

After five days of intense preparation, Liu An formed a fast attack fleet composed of a hundred spiral-level fast shuttle ships.

If everything goes smoothly, even if the entire Great Migration Fleet of the Source Star is firmly controlled by the Spirit Demon Race, this army, with a cruising speed reaching one-fifth the speed of light, all equipped with new Mind Interference Shielding Combat Suits, can destroy the main ship of the Spirit Demon Race in one fell swoop.

Even when encountering elite cruisers from the other Three Kingdoms, it can confidently assure victory.

Just now, Liu An completed the pre-departure mobilization conference, and the fast attack fleet has just left the space station, heading straight for the direction of the Source Star.

Returning to the office, Liu An wore a confident smile.

He believes that victory would come at the latest in a hundred years.

Killing a Divine Level Spirit Demon Race that usually only appears in super-large battles and never strays alone, plus casually slaughtering a few cruisers from those receiving the "Last Wave," attempting to beg, should suffuse the war merits required for promotion to Marquis.

"I'm quite lucky."

However, his good mood lasted merely five minutes.

The Nanxiang node of the Empire Super Network just notified him that the Source Star Network has completed self-repair.

Both sides are rebuilding their connection.

Moreover, the Nanxiang Super Network informed him of a "good news," the Divine Level Spirit Demon Race has exploded into cosmic basic particles due to a laughable accidental malfunction, colonists on Source Star have successfully taken control of the situation, and the Great Migration Fleet is departing as originally planned, heading toward South Nine Star, preparing to return to the Empire.

Liu An's smile froze on his face.

His mind worked incredibly fast.

He immediately realized what this meant.

Free war merit vanished.

The excess tax of twenty years from nine Viscounts just consumed had to be spit out, and he must commend those humble colonists who, through sheer luck, killed the Divine Level Spirit Demon Race, as the Nanxiang Military and Political Officer.

More importantly, five days have already passed since the accident awakened.

He had wasted five days of life for nothing.

"Sir, should our fleet continue advancing?"

Having received the message as well, Liu An's secretary cautiously asked beside him.

Liu An looked at this two hundred and eighty-eighth secretary with a changing expression, took a full five seconds to control his emotions, "I'll think about it first. You step back."

After the secretary left the room, Liu An punched heavily on the office desk.

"Damn it."

Liu An stood up, repeatedly reviewing the intelligence from Source Star, especially focusing on inspecting the video footage and relevant data reports of the Armed Battleship 0001 explosion, attempting to deduce some clues and find some doubts.

He was considering whether he could spin the so-called accidental explosion as the Spirit Demon Race's conspiracy.

Then, use the excuse that this extremely cunning and sly Divine Level Spirit Demon Race is not only alive but is attempting to infiltrate the Empire through camouflage and stealth, decisively destroy the entire Great Migration Fleet of Source Star to fabricate war merits out of thin air.

But moments later, examining the seamless data report, checking the video materials, and contemplating the difficulty of falsifying military intelligence and the terrible consequences of facing deceit upon discovery, he ultimately didn't have the courage.

"They managed to deploy something as insane as the compressed tri-phase thermo-nuclear bomb, truly insane. Such a terrifying limitless bomb, still failed to ensure proper safety measures, leading to an accidental detonation due to parameter error. Damn, how are you so lucky. Alas." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Liu An muttered like this.

His resentment was indeed profound.

Just then, his subordinate—Governor of South Nine Star, Sosgate Augustus sent a message, "Sir, the Source Star Colonization Fleet requests escort support."

"Support my ass! The Nanxiang Star Domain as a front-line combat zone has no extra forces to babysit for a mere C-level Tracer Colonization Fleet. There's never been a precedent for a C-level Tracer Colonization Fleet receiving escort support from the Star Cluster Army. Tell them to fend for themselves. Their ship is filled with lowly colonists! Not a single Empire citizen; they aren't worthy!"

Liu An ranted, feeling slightly relieved. Following that, he quickly returned to the Frozen Storage.